Category Archives: News from Bali

Do you see the Barong Dance when you visit Bali? If not, your experience journey is not completed yet. Barong Dance is probably one of the most well known dances around the world. Barong is a lion-like creature and character

Flat cut-out figures silhouetted against a translucent, white screen, with a coconut-husk lamp as its source of light, which are composed of the most prominent theatrical expressions in Bali – #Wayang Shadow Puppet show. It is mostly expressions or enactments

Dear Guests, when you visit the island of Bali,Although they are generally found in sacred places, like temples and household shrines, you will see many offerings everywhere from the beaches, shops, entrances to residences. The little pallets of offerings in

Do you Familiar with these names “Wayan, Made, Nyoman, Ketut” The Balinese usually have one of the following four names: Wayan, Made, Nyoman or Ketut. They simply mean First born, Second born, Third born and Fourth born and it doesn’t

Was a pleasant surprise for our guests when these little Fellows come down the coconut Palms to say hello ! The squirrels are surprisingly tame and they will literally come right down from the high tree tops and allow people

In the traditional #Balinese architecture, there is a typical gate- Angkul-angkul, it is the entrance to the yard, giving an access to Balinese compounds in many places of the island. The gate itself is richly decorated with kala’s head, floral

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 2014 The Management of Bali Mandira Beach Resort & Spa Wishing you all the joys of the Christmas season and have very happy New Year may you enjoy good health in the coming year

Bali Island remains one of the most artistically rich and easily identifiable cultures of the world, mostly due to its predominantly Balinese Hindu religion. Take the Barong or Lion Dance for instance. This mask is easily recognizable to just about

A picture of Mount Agung we took yesterday early morning during one of our tours. The volcano is still active and the tallest mountain in Bali at over three thousand meters or aproximatelly ten thousand feet. Also the holiest of